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budget laptops

I've been looking at laptops, and I have never had to buy a budget system before, so I always went with the Pentium. But now I need a laptop for not that much money, and was wondering how you rate the lower end processors.

I was reading a PC World issue from December 2005 http://pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,123262,00.asp , (pg 24, for anyone who wants to know ) and they said that an Acer laptop got the highest WorldBench score of all the budget systems they tested. I have never bought an Acer, and was wondering what companys are good to buy from too. Any info would be appreciated!

Processors are not really an issue these days unless you are looking at bragging rights, or very specialised applications.

The Sempron is an adequate processor for your requirements, just as the Duron was before it.

The RAM is inadequate on the machine you showed. You should have at least 512Mb these days, given that it has onboard graphics that share (read "steal") system memory. If you cannot get it changed as an extra, just add another stick.

I personally would not buy Acer, but then I remember the time back then when only Packard Bell kept them off the bottom of the heap

Well we purchased a few acers laptops now....with the extended warranty....and havent had any issues....I actually sold my old Acer laptop to my brother (about 4 years old now).....Its still running....no issues other than a battery that wouldnt charge...replaced by warranty.

Maybe its just Acer UK that has the issues

MLF

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